"False Positive" Heartbroken–picture.

I’m not sure what I’m hoping to achieve by writing this. Just heartbroken and need to vent to someone..

Been TTC now for 13 months..only ovulated twice in that time. Had surgery to remove a fibrous cyst on an ovary in Dec. that they thought might be the reason. And I OVULATED! They told me not to get my hopes too high- might have just “shocked” my system and it may not be a permanent thing.

Well TRY WE DID!! I thought for sure this was it…we were going to get PG. This morning (11 dpo) I took a wandfo at 3am and went back to sleep after it looked like a BFN. Woke up at 7am and happened to see it for a quick second- AND IT WAS POSITIVE!!! I started shaking and ran to go take a FRER- just so sure it was positive. Took another wandfo to be sure too. Well, both came up negative. I then went to go look at the original test and I saw that the test line was very thin- not like the control. After googling I realized this is what an evap line must look like. I’m so beyond heartbroken, for those minutes I really thought this was it. Has something like this happened to anyone else??

@MissLunchbox: I discovered the dreaded evap lines last month! but with a FRER – two tests actually!!. i was testing when we were on vacation and sharing a house with another couple. I tested twice, and both were negatives with no lines at all within 30 minutes. I didn’t want to throw the test in the garbage in case they saw it, so instead I put the tests in my bathroom bag. When we got home the next day there was definitely a line on BOTH tests and I was so excited! But then I took another frer and it was negative and I got my period the next day :(. The evap lines definitely look different than bfps, almost hollow/shadows/grey. Still it’s sooo soooo heartbreaking 🙁

@MissLunchbox: Are you sure it isn’t positive?? I read somewhere that some wondfos are more sensitive than FRERs (something like 10 vs 15 um HCG) so unless AF has shown, I wouldn’t count yourself out yet!

It’s still early, so I tried not to feel down until AF came. I know it is heard, but you never know. Also, FMU is so concentrated since you don’t typically drink while you are sleeping so even just holding it won’t give you the same concentration, did you drink in that 4 hours?

@MissLunchbox: I don’t want to get your hopes up, but I saw an evap around 10 dpo, but didn’t get a BFP until 12 DPO.

Also, I’m going to go against the grain from some of the PPs. So far, its been my experience that the Wondfo HCG tests (or at least the batch I have) take way longer than 5 minutes to show up. I’m getting clear positives now at 15 DPO, but if I only wait 3 minutes, I don’t even think I’d see a squinter.

I would suggest taking a test in another few days with FMU, and then coming back like 20 minutes later. Evaps are grey. BFPS are pink.